Packing case



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F. POND.

PACKING GASE.

Patented Sept. 6, 1881.

WITNEESES (No Model.)

P. POND.

. PACKING CASE.

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Patented Spt. 6, 1881.

n. PETERS. PhuloLllhognpher. Washington. D. c.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS POND, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND MARIONVVESTFALL, OF SAME PLACE.

PACKING-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,635, datedSeptember 6, 1881.

Application filed July 2, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS POND, of Ollicago, Oook county, State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPacking-Gases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention, which relates to l the construction of packing-casesdesigned more especially for the transportation of meat, is intended tostrengthen the structure and render it capable of withstanding thepressure from within and the other strains to which it is subjected inuse.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts whereverthe same are used, Figure l is a top, Fig. 2 a side, and Fig. 3 an end,view of my improved box. Fig. 4 shows the interior side of one of theends. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section on the line y y, and Fig. 6 across-section on line 00 a.

In said drawings, A A represent the sides; B B, the ends; 0, the top,and D the bottom; I the interior cleating, and F the exterior hoopscomposing my new packing-case.

The diffieulties encountered in the use of these cases heretofore havebeen these: When subjected to the pressure necessary to force in therequisite amount of meat they have proved too weak to stand the strain,and some of the joints have opened often to such an extent as to ruinthe box for any use, and sometimes only sufficiently toleave a crackthrough which dirt and insects have access to the contents; and, again,unless all the seams are so tight as to exclude insects, much of themeat is liable to injury througl the stings inflicted by them, even ifthe case be otherwise strong and sufficient.

I obtain the requisite strength in my improved case by securing all thesides, as far as possible, by nails driven across the direction in whichthe pressure from within is felt by such sides. Thus the side pieces, A,are placed between the ends B, and are secured by the nails 1), driventhrough the ends into them, as shown in broken lines, Fig. 1, thedirection of pressure upon said sides being outward and across suchnails. The ends are, in turn'and in like manner, secured by nails a,

driven through the sides into the cleating E, which is firmly fastenedto the ends by the clinched wrought nails 6.

The bottom I prefer, as the strongest construction, to provide with atongue, (I, which may be let into a corresponding groove in the verticalparts, (see Figs. 5 and 6;) but such tongue and groove may be dispensedwith. In both modes the bottom is let in between the vertical parts, andheld by the nails d, driven through thelatter into it.

The top, which is applied last, and is usually employed as a medium toreceive the pressure and compress the meat into the box, cannotpractically be placed within all the vertical sides, and may not beplaced within any of them, but simply laid upon them in the old way,extra nails being used to obtain the strength; but I prefer that itshall be sunk between the ends and rest upon the sides and the internalcleats, as thereby I am enabled to secure it againstthe internal strainby thenails c, driven through the ends. Additional nails 0, drivenperpendicularly, are also employed with this part of the box.

It will thus be noticed all the sides of the case, except possibly thetop, are held firmly against the tendency to expand caused by thecontents, by nails driven transversely to the direction in which suchtendency is exerted, and the liability of the seams to open, caused bythe pulling out of the nails driven in line with the strain, as in theformer construction, is obviated; also, that the end seams, w here thegreatest trouble has heretofore been experienced, present to any insectseeking entrance a tortuous path, which is not likely to be openentirely through. As a further precaution to make the box insect proof,the strengthening-hoops F are applied where they cover the end scams, asclearly illustrated.

I claim- Thepacking-case provided with interior end cleating, E, andhaving its endjoints secured by nails driven through the ends into thesides and through the sides into the cleating, substantially asspecified.

FRANCIS POND. Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, T. E. BROWN.

